Trumpace Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Perhaps an easier one this time. You are South in 6H and west leads a club. You see: [hv=d=n&v=n&n=sakjt3haqjdaj2ca5&s=s62hk6542dkt843c3]133|200|Scoring: RubberLead low ♣[/hv] YOu win the lead with CA and play AQ of trumps and RHO throws a club on the second trump. Plan the play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 J♥, cross to K♦, draw the last trump. AK♠. If both follow on both rounds of spades, I'll lead the J♠, discarding a ♦, and I'll take 4♠s, 5♥s, 2♦s and 1♣. If ♠s are 5-1 or 6-0, I will have to fall back on the ♦ finesse for my 12th trick. Aside: If hearts had been 3-2, I would have been better off ruffing a club at trick 4, then playing on in spades, trying to endplay someone into leading diamonds or giving me a ruff-and-sluff in clubs, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Kid Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 If you overtake the ♦J instead of playing a small one to the K, I think you can improve your chances of getting 4♦ tricks if the ♠ don't break. Then you can get 4♦ tricks whenever they are 3-2 or RHO has 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Have I missed something ? unless diamonds are 5-0, this is a spread. LHO has the trumps, so I'll cash dummy's third heart and run J♦ towards him. If diamonds are 5-0 either way round I may have to take the spade finesse or ruffing finesse, but otherwise this is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Kid Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) Ignore anything I said, I am making no sense :P Edited January 25, 2010 by Little Kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Have I missed something ? unless diamonds are 5-0, this is a spread. LHO has the trumps, so I'll cash dummy's third heart and run J♦ towards him. If diamonds are 5-0 either way round I may have to take the spade finesse or ruffing finesse, but otherwise this is over. If RHO covers the J♦ with the Q♦ and ♦s are 4-1 either way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 If rho covers the J, play the K and draw the last trump. Then play a diamond to the ace and another back to the T to establish at least 4 diamond tricks (and you have the 5th trump as an entry). 4 diamonds, 5 hearts, 2 spades, and 1 club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 I see it now. Thanks. V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 those spades are a mirage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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